Peter Powell is retiring from Ellisons today (Thursday 30th April) after 52 years with the company, working in both residential and commercial and as senior partner from 1988 to 1997 and 2007 to 2012. Today’s
One in three (29%) Prime London property purchases made by investors in last three months But spike in first-time buyers during Q1 2015 means they now also account for 28% of sales One-bedroom properties have
myhomemove, the UK’s leading provider of mover conveyancing services, has today announced the expansion of its Manchester office following another year of growth. The multi award-winning conveyancing provider expanded into Manchester in early 2014 to
Help to Buy was originally announced in George Osbourne’s 2013 budget as a governmental intervention programme in the residential conveyancing market. The scheme was motivated by a desire to help first-time buyers onto the property
Beaumont Legal, one of the country’s fastest-growing law firms, is celebrating winning the prestigious First Time Buyer magazine “Best Law Firm for Conveyancing” award for a third consecutive year after impressing judges and voters. The
On Thursday 30th April, members of the Conveyancing Association (CA) will gather for the Association’s fifth Annual General Meeting. The meeting, which will take place in London, will involve the appointment of Directors to the
Gazeal is a new product for house purchasing, particularly for first time buyers, buy-to-let or developers, set to transform the property market Process is made safer and more secure through Gazeal’s unique offer, which is
Three quarters of ARLA letting agents concerned Labour’s three-year tenancy proposal will see landlords exit the market and reduce supply Over a third of ARLA agents agree the Conservatives’ pledge to build 200,000 new starter
The Mortgage Market Review came into force on 26th April 2014, exactly a year ago this Sunday. reallymoving.com has analysed the impact on its customers. Since 2007 there has been a steady increase in downsizing
North London has the most developments in UK Outside of London, the cities of Brighton and Hove, Bournemouth and Cambridge have the most property development activity by area, based on new research1 announced by Groundsure
The winners of this year’s inaugural Property Forum Awards have been announced. Designed to applaud achievements from across the residential and commercial conveyancing sectors, the awards, sponsored by SearchFlow, were presented to winners at London’s
This is why it’s important to keep employees as well as clients happy! @tattooed_mummy Yup. Our original conveyancer quit the firm and now we have a moron. — Tart of Darkness (@soapachu) April 22,
Plentific.com is happy to announce their new partnership with The Conveyancing Association (CA) to support homebuyers and homeowners in their search for reliable local conveyancers. The Conveyancing Association is the voice of conveyancing in the UK and
Land Registry completes 1,479,694 applications South East tops the table of regional applications with 340,799 City of Westminster tops the table of local authority applications with 24,648 The Transaction Data shows Land Registry completed over
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) continues to call for extra vigilance across the sector after a small north east conveyancing firm became the latest victim of telephone bank scammers. The firm lost a significant amount
Leading Black Country law firm, QualitySolicitors Talbots, conducted a street survey to find out what local people thought of the house buying and selling process – discovering some fascinating facts. “From our survey, 69% of
Veyo, the comprehensive conveyancing portal, wins three awards for ‘Best Visual Identity’, including the top award within the technology, media and telecommunications sector, and silver for Best Creative Strategy at the prestigious Transform Awards Europe. Brand
New generation of ‘smart’ clients shaking the foundations of the traditional lawyer-client relationship, posing challenges for lawyers Research commissioned by LexisNexis owned legal blog Business of Law (a resource platform aimed at independent lawyers) finds that
The Conveyancing Association (CA) is continuing its series of its Regional Technical Workshops in Manchester, at the offices of CA member Countrywide Conveyancing Services. Many of Northern England’s leading conveyancing firms met to discuss how
Nationwide Panel opens to applications from law firms from Monday 20th April. The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) today warmly welcomed the news that the Nationwide Building Society has opened its Conveyancing Panel to new
Dame Janet Paraskeva named as new Chair of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers Follows open recruitment process through advertising and search carried out for the CLC by an independent organisation Appointed for initial four year
Would this really be the app that solves all conveyancing client woes? Dealing with conveyancers during a house move is a nightmare, it cries out for a basecamp-for-moving-house web app. #PleaseBuildOne — Alastair Campbell
New research from YouGov Reports shows that a majority of consumers have used a solicitor or law firm in their lifetime. The Legal Services 2015 report finds that most adults (62%) have used a law firm
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a further raft of proposals to reduce the regulatory burden on law firms. The SRA Regulatory Reform programme was launched in May 2014 and aims to remove unnecessary
Legal-Eye Ltd (Legal Eye) is proud to announce 5 promotions within the internal and associate team. Rhonda Treacy-Hales has been promoted to Head of Business Development, Dawn Stone has been promoted to Paraplanner, Legal Services
Restrictive covenants can have a serious impact upon the potential for development of a piece of land. In some cases the development will fail completely. Simon Wood, Barrister within the Commercial Litigation department at law
Dominic Cullis is Managing Director of Easy Convey and heads up the Legal Software Suppliers Association’s working group on conveyancing. As Glynn Morris prepares to take over as CEO of the LSSA, we asked Dominic
This week we have a conveyancing “praiser” and “slater” combo! Which do you agree with? @Smokesniper To be fair, I found conveyancing to be deeply painful. Granted for very different reasons 😉 — Nearly
Last month property industry leaders met to discuss potential solutions to one of the most serious challenges facing their sector. The latest initiative in the Conveyancing Association (CA)’s campaign to tackle ongoing delays to the
A month ago Elizabeth Jarvis was appointed as Managing Director of OneSearch Direct. Ronnie Park is no doubt a tough act to follow so Elizabeth told Today’s Conveyancer how she plans to do that… What’s
Broker Conveyancing, the largest, independent conveyancing distributor, has today (7th April 2015) announced the appointment of two new account managers to support the continued expansion of the business. William Hutchins and Claire Barlow have been
The list of law firms shortlisted for the inaugural Property Forum Awards has been announced. These awards, in association with SearchFlow and Legal Futures, are designed to highlight and applaud excellence within the conveyancing industry.